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World’s first 3D-printed rifle fires 14 shots, beating its previous best of just 1

One of the world’s first 3D printed rifles, its creator claims, has managed to rattle of an impressive 14 shots before cracking its barrel, marking a significant improvement over the single shot it managed before breaking it first time out.

The video below shows the fully-printed gun firing ten shots, using a string to pull the trigger. It seems the rifle’s creator wasn’t overly confident after his initial outing where the barrel split. A later video shows the remaining four shots being fired by hand (below).

It’s not the most graceful of operations just yet, reloading the weapon requires unclipping the barrel and pushing through the spent cartridge but it’s another step towards fully 3D-printed guns becoming a part of our lives. Whether that’s a good or a bad thing is a different question.

Ben is European Editor of The Next Web with a focus on startups, gadgets and lifestyle tech. Now a technology journalist with a specialism in mobile devices and a geeky love of mobile spectrum issues. Ben used to be a professional online poker player.
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